The account suspensions were made after USA law enforcement officials contacted Facebook Sunday evening about recently discovered online activity believed "may be linked to foreign entities", Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, wrote in a blog post Monday.

Gleicher wrote that the accounts were immediately blocked after the company was notified Sunday evening of suspicious behavior and that the questionable accounts - potentially linked to foreign entities - are being investigated "in more detail".

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Nearly all of the Facebook pages linked to the accounts appeared to be in French or Russian while the Instagram ones were mostly in English.

"Typically, we would be further along with our analysis before announcing anything publicly", Facebook said.

The company said that they made the announcement despite being only in the initial stage of the investigation as the elections are only a day away and they want to inform their customers about the "action taken and the facts as we know them today".

Facebook said it planned to release more information as the investigation continues.

Gleicher said the accounts were possibly engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behaviour", although he said it was too early to tell whether they were linked to the notorious Russian-based Internet Research Agency troll farm.

The war room is part of stepped up security announced by Facebook, which will be adding some 20,000 employees.

Last month, Facebook removed more than 800 pages and accounts that were spreading misinformation seeking to influence public opinion on both the right and left sides of the aisle. "Our adversaries are smart and well funded, and as we improve their tactics change", the company said in October.

Last month Tesla reported a $311.5 million profit for the July-through-September period, its first quarterly profit in two years. Tesla said to its knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded any wrongdoing occurred.

It continues a remarkable year for the jockey, who recently won $13 million The Everest for the second occasion on Redzel. Racing Victoria vets found he was lame in the near foreleg after the race. "It's very sad but it could have been worse".

It's a victory for net neutrality advocates, as it maintains pre-existing legal precedent necessary to protect net neutrality. In this case, the decision goes against the Pai/Trump doctrine and bolsters the Wheeler/Obama version of net neutrality.

It was initially shared on the encrypted messaging service Whatsapp but is now being circulated on Facebook and Twitter. A spokesman added: "We are disgusted and shocked at the inhumanity and callousness of those involved in this video".

I just had in my mind that I was going to go 50, and I think everybody kind of understood that was what I was trying to do. I really don't care at that point. "I think my emotions took over, as it normally does", the 21-year-old said.

Justices Gorsuch and Thomas dissented from the ruling saying they would have granted the government's application for a halt. The trial beginning Monday is a consolidated case of lawsuits brought by the ACLU and a multi-state coalition led by NY .

The Gansu provincial authorities demanded examination on unsafe sections of expressways across the province. Pictured: The aftermath of a highway accident in Lanzhou, in northwestern China's Gansu province.

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